GRACE AND LOVE

IN THE GOSPEL

NYRON
MEDINA
 GRACE AND LOVE IN THE GOSPEL
BY NYRON MEDINA
Many concepts as to what constitutes the Gospel of Christ exist today that are false,
but can only be seen to be so if one is able to discern what could be false about them.
For example. Any “gospel” that has as a part of its teaching that the Law of God—the
Ten Commandments—doesn’t need to be kept, cannot be true, even though they tell
you that you are saved by Grace. Because Grace does not destroy obedience to the
Law; rather, since Grace is meant to save us from sin, which is “transgression of the
Law” 1 John 3:4, Grace must cause us to “establish the Law” Romans 3:30,31.
David who knew the Gospel of Justification by Faith according to the Scriptures
(Romans 4:5-8), said that we are to be granted the law in our lives graciously. He
said “Remove from me the way of lying (which breaks the ninth clause of God’s law),
and grant me thy law graciously.” Psalms 119:29. This is the same as saying that
when Grace saves us from sinning (Ephesians 2:8), it saves us from breaking God’s
Law, by giving to us obedience to the this same law.
This is why we are told that the Law of God is written in the heart (Hebrews 8:10-12),
and that circumcision and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the command-
ments of God. (1 Corinthians 7:19,20). This is the calling God called us for, to keep
His commandments which are not grievous. (1 John 5:3). So, being saved by Grace
must cause us, like Paul, to be “… not without law to God, but under the law to Christ”
1 Corinthians 9:21; we must be under the obedience to the law of God who is Christ,
this truth must be part of the Gospel if it is to be the true Gospel.
Another false teaching that claims to be in the make up of the Gospel, is that when
a person is saved, instead of keeping the Law, he only needs to have Love, thus
this concept presents love as replacing obedience to God’s Law. However this is
absolutely incorrect, because, love is presented in the Bible in three ways. Love is
presented as the Nature of God (1 John 4:8,16), and in the case of the actions of the
converted person, it is love to God (I John 5:2), and love to our fellowmen (Romans
13:8-10). Both love to God and love to our fellowmen are presented in the Bible as
“keeping the Commandments of God.” So having love does not replace obedience
to God’s Law; it is obedience to God’s Law. In the very Ten Commandments on the
tables of stone, we are told that to love God is to keep His commandments (Exodus
20:6).
In Romans 13:8-10 we are told that loving our fellowmen is keeping the whole of
God’s Ten Commandments. However, in 1 John 5:1-3, we are told that when the
born again Christian is a believer, he loves God and his fellowmen, and this is the
same as keeping the law of God. In conclusion, we need to note that if a Gospel is
the real true message of salvation, a church that holds to it must never make Grace
or Love replace obedience to God’s Ten Commandments, Grace and Love must
bring genuine and non-hypocritical obedience to God’s Law. Amen.
Published by Thusia SDA Church 2014. Tel: 1868 625 0446.